jennifer davis joins us live from taw lunga, california. what is going on this morning. >> reporter: the strategy this morning is to fight fire with fire. and in this foothill neighborhood where we are, this slope behind me were aflame as firefighters set controlled burns to get in front of the fire. now it is 22% contained it has destroyed more than 60 homes and 128,000 acres. firefighters say they've made significant progress. the weather has been humid. that helped. there have also been sprinkles, although no significant rain. no one is saying they have the upper hand, but many are hopeful. >> firefighters from across the western united states work together. forest firefighters, city and county firefighters, and crew configuration with helicopters and engines and we had a good outcome. >> full containment was september 8th and has been pushed back to september 15th. thousands of people have been ordered out. >> the people that are not leaving what, we're doing is jotting down their names and addresses so we can notify the next of kin. if